Dive Details |
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Location |
Admiralty Anchor, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
12 September, 2005 |
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Time |
8:37am - 9:20am |
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Buddy |
Tristan |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
35 |
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Duration |
43 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
30.9 m |
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Average depth |
14.8 m |
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Water temperature |
25.0°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides |
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Low |
12:36am |
1.36m |
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High |
4:25am |
1.56m |
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Low |
10:31am |
1.03m |
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High |
5:59pm |
2.47m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Serranidae |
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Pseudanthias huchtii |
Threadfin Anthias |
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Pseudanthias squamipinnis
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Fairy Basslet |
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Pseudanthias tuka
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Purple Anthias |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon auriga
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Threadfin Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon kleinii
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon plebeius
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Blue-dash Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon speculum
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Oval-Spot Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon trifasciatus |
Redfin Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon ulietensis
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Double-saddle Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon unimaculatus
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Teardrop Butterflyfish |
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Forcipiger flavissimus
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Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish |
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Hemitaurichthys polylepis |
Pyramid Butterflyfish |
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Heniochus chrysostomus |
Pennant Bannerfish |
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Heniochus varius |
Humphead Bannerfish |
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Pomacanthidae |
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Centropyge bispinosa
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Coral Beauty |
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Centropyge heraldi
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Herald's Angelfish |
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Pygoplites diacanthus
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Regal Angelfish |
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Pomacentridae |
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Amphiprion chrysopterus |
Orange-fin Anemonefish |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus |
Spotted Hawkfish |
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Paracirrhites arcatus
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Arc-eye Hawkfish |
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Paracirrhites forsteri
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Blackside Hawkfish |
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Labridae |
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Anampses neoguinaicus
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Black-backed Wrasse |
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Coris gaimard |
Gaimard's Wrasse |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
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Microdesmidae |
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Nemateleotris magnifica
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Red Firefish |
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Acanthuridae |
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Zebrasoma scopas |
Brown Sailfin Tang |
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Zanclidae |
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Zanclus cornutus
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Moorish Idol |
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Balistidae |
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Balistoides viridescens |
Titan Triggerfish |
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Tetraodontidae |
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Arothon nigropunctatus
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Blackspotted Puffer |
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Canthigaster valentini |
Saddled Puffer |
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Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon Coolpix 4500 |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6186 |
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Strobe |
Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50 |
Photographs |
Depth information, where present, indicates the depth of the camera when the photograph was taken and can be used to approximate the depth of the subject.
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Octopus, Octopus cyanea, at 29.3 m.
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Acropora sp. at 27.1 m.
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Acropora sp. at 24.6 m.
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Lobophyllia pachysepta at 24.2 m.
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Lobophyllia pachysepta at 24.2 m shot with filters to show fluorescence.
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Acropora aculeus at 21.6 m.
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Pocillopora sp. at 21.5 m.
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A few colonies of nephtheid soft corals at 21.7 m.
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Sarcophyton sp. at 20.4 m.
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Pocillopora sp. at 19.7 m.
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Acropora sp. between two Sarcophyton sp. at 19.9 m.
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Turbinaria sp. (probably T. reniformis) at 19.7 m.
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Acropora sp. at 18.8 m.
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Close up of Acropora sp. at 18.8 m.
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Pocillopora verrucosa at 16.3 m.
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Pocillopora verrucosa at 17.2 m.
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Acropora sp. at 14.4 m.
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Poritres sp. at 14.8 m.
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Poritres sp. at 14.8 m shot with filters to show fluorescence.
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Clam, Tridacna sp., at 14.2 m.
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Acropora sp. at 11.5 m.
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Acropora sp. at 11.8 m.
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Porites cylindrica at 9.9 m.
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Clam, Tridacna sp., at 9.4 m.
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Crinoid at 7.7 m.
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Reef scene at 4.2 m.
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Acropora sp. and Amphiprion sp. at 4.5 m.
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Reef scene at 3.9 m.
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Acropora sp. at 4.6 m.
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Acropora sp. at 5.6 m.
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Acropora sp. and soft coral, probably Lobophytum at 5 m.
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Acropora sp. and Halimeda sp. at 4.8 m.
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Acropora sp. at 4.3 m.
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Acropora sp. at 4.7 m.
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Fire coral, Millepora sp., at 4.7 m.
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Porites cylindrica at 5.2 m.
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Acropora sp. at 5.2 m.
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Pocillopora verrucosa at 5.2 m.
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Acropora sp. at 5 m.
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Acropora sp. at 4.5 m.
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